Hannah Picklyk & Kaitlin Vitt

Vsi: The Podcast

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As Ukrainian dancers, we know there’s a lot more to Ukrainian culture than red boots and a big stage smile. Through Vsi, we (Hannah Picklyk and Kaitlin Vitt) explore and share Ukrainian traditions, dance, folklore, music, ethnography, and historical and modern-day culture. Vsi means “all, all of, everyone, everybody” in Ukrainian. And that’s what we’re here to talk about — anything and everything related to Ukrainian dance and culture.

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Hannah Picklyk & Kaitlin Vitt

Episodes

Episode 2 | Training with the Virsky Studio Dancers 02.03.2020 23:55

So what’s it like training with one of Ukraine’s top folk ensembles? In this episode, we give an overview of our experience training with the Virsky Studio dancers. These dancers are in a two-year program that prepares them to audition for the Virsky company. What Else You’ll Hear - A breakdown of the classes Virsky Studio dancers must take - How we Canadians kept up with these soon-to-be professi...

Episode 1 | For the Love of Our Character Shoes 17.02.2020 15:36

Wearing a heeled shoe in Ukrainian dance has always sort of been a right of passage — it’s a step up from slippers in your younger years, and the gateway to what comes next: the red boot. In this episode, we share how our character shoes — and how our own characters — evolved during the year we spent dancing in Ukraine, training with the country’s top folk ensembles. What else you’ll hear: - Where...

Trailer | Introducing Vsi: The Ukrainian Dance and Culture Podcast 05.02.2020 0:44

Vsi episodes come out once (maybe twice) a month, and the first one will be released in February. Head to our website vsi-ukr.com to subscribe to our newsletter, and we’ll let you know when the first one drops! Thanks to Joryj Kłoc for letting us use “Poltavśkyj Sotnyk” as Vsi ’s theme song.